Last week, U.S. Senator Adam Schiff visited San Bernardino Valley College to speak with students and tour a future housing project. Afterwards, Schiff joined me in the KVCR studios at the college to discuss issues important to Californians, including the future of AI and agriculture. Here’s part of our conversation.

Riverside County was the first to adopt a state law allowing people to operate kitchens out of their homes. The law’s adoption in Riverside County has spurred a wave of Latino home cooks across the state.

The median home price in the Inland Empire rose by more than $100,000 from 2019 to 2021. Now, home prices across the region are declining.

Here’s this week’s rundown of local economics news.

Here's a rundown of this week's local economics news.

Today, I’m joined by my KVCR colleague Anthony Victoria. Anthony’s been covering immigration since the Trump Administration ramped up enforcement last year. After a year, data has begun to reveal the economic impacts of ramped enforcement.

A rundown of this week's economics news.

Normally, I do a monthly segment after the federal jobs report drops, but the government shutdown meant we didn't get those numbers for the past few months. My guest, Daniel McDonald, is an economics professor at Cal State San Bernardino. In a recent post to his Substack, Inland Empire Economic Intelligence, he used a different data set to gauge how the IE’s job market is faring. McDonald joins me today to discuss his findings.

Today on Economics IE, we are looking at the Inland Empire's job outlook for 2026 and why the region may be headed for a challenging year. I spoke with Kome Ajise, executive director of the Southern California Association of Governments, and Kevin Kane, who supervises demographics and growth forecasting there.

For 91.9 KVCR News, I'm Madison Aument, and this is Economics IE. Today I'm in the studio with IEGO's executive director, Matt Mena. Welcome, Matt.